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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party app stores on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 in the EU, due to EU requirements in 2024, including letting users change defaults — Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Alibaba won't be able to buy Arm's Neoverse V chips after Arm concludes that the US and UK won't approve export of the high performance tech to China — Alibaba among groups unable to purchase top designs — Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, cannot buy some of the most advanced chip designs …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: the US commerce department plans to put Chinese memory chip maker YMTC on its “entity list” as early as this week, limiting its ability to get US tech — YMTC and others may go on ‘entity list’ as early as this week — The Biden administration is set …
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Tweets: @markc_anderson, @pstasiatech, @iatalkspace, @sino_market, and @ajphelo
| Jack Dorsey / Revue: |
Responding to the “Twitter Files”, Jack Dorsey criticizes attacks on Twitter staff, advocates for an open social media protocol, and commits $1M/year to Signal — By subscribing, you agree with Revue's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that jack's will receive your email address.
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Tweets: @jack, @jack, @patrickmoorhead, @donie, @neilcybart, @parismarx, @gidmk, @tylerblack32, @kurtwagner8, @alexandrosm, @ritapanahi, @fyrescotch, @snowden, @gergelyorosz, @nberlat, @lexnfx, @shonaghosh, @matthewstoller, @bgrueskin, @karaswisher, @stevenvoiceover, @lorakolodny, @silvermanjacob, @mattwelch, @plinz, @silvermanjacob, @kurtwagner8, @dabit3, @toluogunlesi, @maxkriegervg, @mattnavarra, and @briannawu
| Platformer: |
Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and share their location data but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads — Agree to personalize your ads — or else — A month ago, when Elon Musk's Twitter first set out to revamp the Twitter Blue subscription …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Twitter stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to cut costs, as its top lawyer Alex Spiro leaves the company — Twitter has stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to former employees, among other measures.
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Insider, Fortune, CNBC, San Francisco Chronicle, Axios, Firstpost Tech, and New York Post
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @anshelsag, @kimzetter, @chrislhayes, @seaotta, @drmistercody, @goldman, @prchovanec, @chancery_daily, @kimcrayton1, @as_w, @jowens510, @lisabloom, @pkafka, and @f
| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
SBF's “carelessness” fraud defense, after misrepresenting risk management and funneling customer money to Alameda, is a confession the SEC sees straight through — Oh Sam — I. — Here is how you run a futures exchange: — You offer some bets on some propositions, say, whether Bitcoin will go up or down.
Tweets: @qasimrashid, @bruno_j_navarro, @matt_cassidy, @imagethief, @matt_cassidy, @70sbachchan, @crypto, @rationalwalk, @matt_levine, and @mattrosoff
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Tesla rolls out an update, adding support for Steam on 2022 Model S and X vehicles or newer with 16GB RAM, Apple Music, Light Show, and more — Tesla's new “Holiday Update” adds a few long-awaited new features, including the ability to play games from Steam in your car and support for Apple Music.
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Tweets: @tesla, @tesla, @elonmusk, @notateslaapp, @keffals, @ordinarygamers, @silvermanjacob, @tesla, @tesla, and @tesla
| Bloomberg: |
Memo: Changpeng Zhao tells Binance staff to expect a “bumpy” several months but the exchange “will survive any crypto winter”, following massive withdrawals — Binance Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao warned his colleagues to expect tough months ahead …
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Decrypt, The Guardian, Bitcoinist.com, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, The Block, Ethereum World News, CNBC, Cryptonews, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, Emage, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @cryptomanran, @cryptotea_, @binance, @crypto_crib_, and @spideycyp_155
| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Citing Sam Bankman-Fried's flight risk, a Bahamas magistrate judge denies him bail and says he should be remanded to Bahamian custody until February 8, 2023 — A magistrate judge in the Bahamas on Tuesday denied bail to FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and said he should be remanded …
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| Bill Allison / Bloomberg: |
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| Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: |
Twitter suspends @ElonJet, a popular bot that tracked Elon Musk's private jet, days after its creator accused Twitter of shadowbanning the account — Days after @ElonJet accused Twitter of shadowbanning, it's been suspended. Musk had said he wouldn't ban the account even though it was a “safety” risk for him.
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The Verge, CNBC, Business Today, and Mediaite
Tweets: @jxcksweeney, @jxcksweeney, @jxcksweeney, @donie, @anthony, @armystrang, @jxcksweeney, @sofakissen, @ettinger, @stevanzetti, @donie, @edludlow, @mattzeitlin, @justinbaragona, @nickywoolf, @parismarx, and @cwarzel
| Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: |
The SEC charges eight influencers with securities fraud, alleging they used Twitter and Discord to manipulate stocks from January 2020 as part of a $100M scheme — The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight influencers with securities fraud, the agency said Wednesday.
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Tweets: @colinjones, @mrzackmorris, @mrzackmorris, @stockmktnewz, @kattenbarge, @felixsalmon, @secgov, and @silvermanjacob
| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
The son of a murdered Ethiopian professor files a lawsuit against Meta in Kenya, alleging Meta's algorithms promote hateful and violent content for engagement — Lawsuit alleges the social media giant is fueling violence and hate across Eastern and Southern Africa.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple confirms iOS 16.1.2, released on November 30, fixed a WebKit zero-day flaw, found and reported by Google, that allowed RCE and was actively exploited — Apple has confirmed that an iPhone software update it released two weeks ago fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that it now says was actively exploited.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
As Tesla's stock drops 54%+ in 2022, on pace for its worst year on record, investors criticize Elon Musk's involvement in Twitter and his lack of focus on Tesla — Supporters of Tesla and Musk are asking questions about who is running the electric-vehicle maker
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft says some drivers certified by its Windows Hardware Developer Program were used to sign malware, but that no network breach has been detected — Code-signing is supposed to make people safer. In this case, it made them less so. — Microsoft has once again been caught allowing …
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Sophos News, TechRadar, SecurityWeek, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @kimzetter, @rmhrisk, and @hoont
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
US lawmakers introduce legislation that aims to ban TikTok or any social media company in, or under the influence of, China, Russia, and other US adversaries — - A new bill from a bipartisan group of lawmakers would ban TikTok in the U.S. — The bill comes after years of broad concern across …
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Tweets: @greg_price11, @zachtratar, @ashleevance, @kanthan2030, @binarybits, and @lorakolodny
| Reuters: |
An investigation details the global supply chain that continues to offer Russia access to Western components and electronics, including from Intel and AMD — In March this year, a new firm appeared in Turkey's corporate registry. Azu International Ltd Sti described itself as a wholesale trader …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
YouTube expands its tools to curtail toxic comments, sending users a notification when their comment is removed and temporarily banning them from commenting — Toxic and hateful comments on YouTube have been a constant headache for the company, creators and users.
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Engadget, Livemint, Android Police, PCMag, YouTube Help, The Verge, GSMArena.com, and Android Headlines
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
During a recent all-hands, Google's AI chief said the company is moving “more conservatively than a small startup” on AI-chat tech due to reputational risks — - Google employees asked executives at an all-hands meeting whether the AI chatbot that's going viral represents a “missed opportunity” for the company.
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Tweets: @marie_haynes, @glenngabe, @grady_booch, and @grady_booch
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
A look at Vietnamese supplier Gilimex's lawsuit against Amazon, seeking damages over investing heavily in manufacturing facilities before Amazon cut its orders — Amazon.com Inc. faces a $280 million lawsuit from a Vietnamese manufacturer of warehouse storage systems that alleges … | Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
A profile of Helen Fisher, the chief scientific adviser to Match.com, who has been instrumental in bringing science to online dating and popularizing the idea — Almost 20 years ago, Helen Fisher helped revolutionize dating. She has no regrets. — The anthropologist and famed love …
Tweets: @johntierneynyc, @codinghorror, @kait_tiffany, and @dlberes
| Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: |
When a female reporter tried Lensa, many of her 100 avatars were “pornified”, with 16 topless; her male peers got avatars of astronauts, warriors, and the like — When I tried the new viral AI avatar app Lensa, I was hoping to get results similar to some of my colleagues at MIT Technology Review.
Tweets: @melissahei, @originalspin, and @tariqkrim
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